Film Review

After watching Beijing Bicycle, write and submit Film Review 3.

Your review should be 2-3 pages, double-spaced, and font size 12. Start with a 1-page summary the film. Then, go on to specify what cultural representations have been in included in the film and how the cultural images are portrayed. Also include references to concepts from any of the reading assignments we’ve read in the course that are relevant to the film (though you will likely find the most relevant concepts in the reading assignments for this week). A good example of this would be to cite a cultural phenomenon or historical event you learned about in the reading and explaining how it is referenced or demonstrated on the individual level in the film.

In addition to your analysis, also include your point of view, specifying if you recommend the film and/or would change the ending, and why or why not.

You can read the sample film review posted in the relevant weekly section and the Sample Film Reviews sections of our Blackboard course. When you click on the assignment link, you will also be able to review the rubric for the assignment by clicking on “View Rubric.” Use these as a guide for what your film review should include.

Accessing Beijing Bicycle

Here are the options for accessing Beijing Bicycle. It is also available at the CSUEB library Reserve Desk under MLL3611 which you can check out for 24 hours. I highly recommend you use the Movie Screenings forum in the Discussion Board to organize viewing parties together if you check out the library or Reserve Desk copies.

• CSUEB library has 1 copy that can be borrowed for up to 4 hours
• Available to buy DVD via Amazon

Beijing Bicycle dir. by Wang, Xiaoshuai. Perf. Lin Cui, Xun Zhou, Bin Li. Arc Light Films, 2001. Film.

(113 mins. IMPD http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0276501/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1)